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Rochester and Chatham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rochester and Chatham was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Rochester and Chatham
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Rochester and Chatham in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1974 to 1983
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromChatham
Replaced byMedway, Mid Kent[1]

It largely replaced the former Chatham constituency, which had taken some of the previous Rochester seat in 1918. In turn it gave way to the Medway constituency in 1983, which was renamed Rochester and Strood in 2010.

Boundaries

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The Municipal Boroughs of Rochester and Chatham.

History

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This constituency was a Labour-Tory marginal seat throughout its 33-year existence.

The seat disappeared at the 1983 general election, and its territory was split between two new constituencies; 55.23% of it went to Medway, and 44.77% to Mid Kent.

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMemberParty
1950Arthur BottomleyLabour
1959Julian CritchleyConservative
1964Anne KerrLabour
1970Peggy FennerConservative
Oct 1974Robert BeanLabour
1979Peggy FennerConservative
1983constituency abolished

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Rochester and Chatham[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourArthur Bottomley 24,855 50.48
ConservativeRobert Mathew24,37849.52
Majority4770.96
Turnout49,23384.17
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1951: Rochester and Chatham[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourArthur Bottomley 26,390 50.82
ConservativeRobert Mathew25,54349.18
Majority8471.64
Turnout51,93385.52
Labour holdSwing
General election 1955: Rochester and Chatham[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourArthur Bottomley 26,645 52.41
ConservativeJohn D Campbell24,19847.59
Majority2,4474.82
Turnout50,84382.24
Labour holdSwing
General election 1959: Rochester and Chatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJulian Critchley 26,510 50.98
LabourArthur Bottomley25,48749.02
Majority1,0231.97N/A
Turnout51,99780.76
Conservative gain from LabourSwing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Rochester and Chatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourAnne Kerr 26,161 50.99
ConservativeJulian Critchley25,14849.01
Majority1,0131.98
Turnout51,30976.42
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing
General election 1966: Rochester and Chatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourAnne Kerr 27,938 52.09
ConservativeJulian Critchley25,69247.91
Majority2,2464.18
Turnout53,63078.11
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Rochester and Chatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeggy Fenner 30,263 54.84
LabourAnne Kerr24,92245.16
Majority5,3419.68N/A
Turnout55,18571.41
Conservative gain from LabourSwing
General election February 1974: Rochester and Chatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeggy Fenner 24,326 38.76
LabourRoger R Kenward23,48337.42
LiberalC Fellowes14,94523.83New
Majority8431.34
Turnout62,75479.33
Conservative holdSwing
General election October 1974: Rochester and Chatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourRobert Bean 26,467 43.38
ConservativePeggy Fenner23,04939.27
LiberalM Black9,03515.39
National FrontG Hazelden1,1501.96New
Majority2,4184.11N/A
Turnout59,70173.56
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing+2.7
General election 1979: Rochester and Chatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeggy Fenner 27,574 47.46
LabourRobert Bean24,88642.84
LiberalM Black5,2198.98
National FrontJ King4170.72
Majority2,6884.62N/A
Turnout58,09672.74
Conservative gain from LabourSwing

References

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  1. ^ "'Rochester and Chatham', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
  3. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
  4. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.

51°23′N 0°31′E / 51.383°N 0.517°E / 51.383; 0.517

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